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Oil spills / Incident 12157
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Oil Spill at UNPRODUCING MIDDLETON PRODUCTION PLATFORM

Incident 12157 · CHEVRON · 16 May 2014

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 16 May 2014Retrieved: 3 Nov 2026
Incident date16 May 2014Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity0.19 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered0.06 bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence4Source attachment links

Incident location

4.48686, 5.55961
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyCHEVRON
Reported16 May 2014
StateNot supplied
LGANot supplied
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityOther:
HabitatOffshore
Estimated spill area0.01000000
JIV date19 May 2014

Impact description supplied by source

crude stealing from surge tank of unproducing production platform by unknown person led to spill on the platform and water. Also some equipment on the platform were vandalized. About 25ltrs was contained on the platform.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

16 May 2014

Report date

16 May 2014

Joint Investigation Visit

19 May 2014

Spill stop date

19 May 2014

Evidence & documents

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Overflight

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Vandalized part

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Surge tank draining

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JIV form

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